Sean Penn
Actor
Sean Penn's films ranked by rating: 5 of 34 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .147 batting average.
- Batting average
- .147
- Hits
- 5 of 34 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
- Percentile
- top 14% of 2,478 actors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
- Career
- 1981–2025
Films, ranked by rating
- The Tree of Life (2011) — 90/100 · hit
- One Battle After Another (2025) — 83/100 · hit
- Mystic River (2003) — 82/100 · hit
- Dead Man Walking (1995) — 80/100 · hit
- The Thin Red Line (1998) — 80/100 · hit
- Milk (2008) — 79/100
- Licorice Pizza (2021) — 78/100
- Carlito's Way (1993) — 77/100
- 21 Grams (2003) — 75/100
- The Game (1997) — 74/100
- Casualties of War (1989) — 74/100
- State of Grace (1990) — 72/100
- At Close Range (1986) — 72/100
- Sweet and Lowdown (1999) — 71/100
- Bad Boys (1983) — 71/100
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) — 69/100
- Fair Game (2010) — 69/100
- Colors (1988) — 68/100
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) — 66/100
- This Must Be the Place (2011) — 66/100
- Daddio (2024) — 66/100
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) — 65/100
- Taps (1981) — 64/100
- The Interpreter (2005) — 62/100
- U Turn (1997) — 62/100
- I Am Sam (2001) — 58/100
- The Professor and the Madman (2019) — 57/100
- We're No Angels (1989) — 56/100
- The Angry Birds Movie (2016) — 55/100
- Asphalt City (2024) — 55/100
- What Just Happened (2008) — 53/100
- Gangster Squad (2013) — 53/100
- All the King's Men (2006) — 51/100
- The Gunman (2015) — 46/100
Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.
Best and worst
Highest rated
- The Tree of Life (2011) — 90/100 · hit
- One Battle After Another (2025) — 83/100 · hit
- Mystic River (2003) — 82/100 · hit
Lowest rated
- The Gunman (2015) — 46/100
- All the King's Men (2006) — 51/100
- Gangster Squad (2013) — 53/100
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How these numbers work: Methodology